As already notified by e-mail dated 26th October 2018, the captioned event will be taking place on Wednesday, 22nd May 2019. It will be held in Nanning (China) on the day preceding the Annual General Meeting of the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

The General Assembly will be held at the same hotel where all the BWF delegates will be accommodated; it will start at 10:00 hrs and should be concluded by 13:00 hrs.

More detailed information, concerning the Meeting Room and the Agenda as well as the related documentation, will be provided to all Members closer to the date.

The COMEBA Board of Directors met today in Athens. They tackled an intensive Agenda replete with issues of current and future importance to the Confederation.

Additionally, the opportunity – provided by the Directors’ collective presence in Athens – was taken in order to hold two other equally important meetings.

The first one was with the Greek Deputy Minister for Sport and Culture, Mr. Georgios Vasileiadis, with whom the discussion centred mainly on the presence of Badminton in the Mediterranean Beach Games 2019 scheduled in Patras (Greece).

During this meeting, COMEBA confirmed its availability to provide all the required technical and organisational support – together with the Hellenic Badminton Federation headed by Ms. Victoria Hatzina, Vice President of COMEBA – so as to ensure an attractive presentation of Badminton at this event.

The second meeting was with Mr. Amar Addadi and Mr. Victor Sanchez, the President and Vice President respectively of the Executive Committee of the Mediterranean Games; Mr. Sanchez also heads the Technical Commission of the Games.

During this second meeting, COMEBA underlined its continued commitment – together with the support of the Algerian Badminton Federation – to ensure a high-level presence of Badminton at the Games, scheduled in Oran (Algeria) in 2021; and this both in terms of the number of participants as well as of their technical standard.

COMEBA looks forward positively to its collaboration with these two important interlocutors; and this in furtherance of its determination to continue establishing Badminton in the Mediterranean region.

COMEBA is pleased to confirm its continued intention to organise another edition of the two captioned events during this year.

The following are therefore the relevant organisational details about them and their organisation:

The two events are specifically intended for players born in 2002 and later, as well as their coaches.

They will be held at the modern Training Centre of the Turkish Badminton Federation (TBF) from the 6th to the 9th November 2018 inclusive. The participants are to arrive on the 5th November and to depart on the 10th November. Any additional days will be charged at the daily rate of €50 for a Single Room and €70 for a Double Room.

The “Mediterranean Cup” will consist of both an Individual as well as a Team tournament.

The Individual competition will comprise all five categories (Singles and Doubles); during its first round, it will be played in Groups and not on a Knock-Out basis.

Each fixture in the Team competition will consist of five games: MS-WS-MD-WD-MXD; the competition will similarly be played in Groups during its initial stage.

The identity of the coach appointed to conduct the Training Camp (in English) will be notified by the TBF as early as reasonably possible before the start of the event.

The TBF is offering free accommodation, on Full Board basis, to six participants from each COMEBA member country: one Team Manager + One Coach + two male and two female players. Additional players / coaches can attend; but they would be required to pay accommodation cost at the daily rate of €50 for a Single Room and €70 for a Double Room.

All internal transport arrangements, including airport transfers from Ankara airport, will be provided free of charge to all the participants.

The TBF will provide all the necessary assistance to the participants who may require a visa to enter Turkey.

COMEBA is deeply grateful to Mr. Murat Ozmekik, and the TBF, for the kindness and generosity shown in the organisation and management of the two events.

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http://www.comeba.org/comeba-board-of-directors/#respondWed, 04 Jul 2018 10:03:55 +0000http://www.comeba.org/?p=1120As scheduled, the COMEBA Board of Directors met in El Morell (Spain) while the Mediterranean Games 2018 were in progress.

El Morell was the venue of the Badminton event forming part of the Games; twelve COMEBA members took part in the competition, which comprised Singles and Doubles play.

During its meeting, the COMEBA Board focused its collective attention on an intensive agenda which included a four-year Strategic and Budget Plan for the Confederation.

The highly positive input from the attendees encourages COMEBA to look positively to its future.

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http://www.comeba.org/the-mediterranean-games-2018/#respondTue, 26 Jun 2018 17:13:02 +0000http://www.comeba.org/?p=1115The Badminton competition, forming part of the Games, has now been completed.

It was held over four consecutive days at El Morell, a town of just over 3,500 inhabitants situated about eleven kilometres from Tarragona.

Comprising the two Singles (MS and WS) and the two Doubles (MD and WD) categories, play was held at the Municipal Sports Pavilion with a capacity of 600 spectators. Twelve COMEBA member countries took part.

COMEBA expresses its satisfaction at the high standard of play as well as at the sportive attitude shown by all the participants. It now looks forward to the next edition of the Games, scheduled in Algeria in 2021.

During its presence in El Morell (Spain), the COMEBA Board took the opportunity to present a token of appreciation to several Heads of the Badminton Delegations which are participating in the Badminton tournament integrated in the Games.

The intention behind this initiative was to enhance the awareness of COMEBA and its declared objectives among all concerned.

The gesture was very well received by the recipients who pledged their continued support of the Confederation for the future.

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http://www.comeba.org/annual-general-meeting-of-the-bwf/#respondTue, 29 May 2018 11:09:52 +0000http://www.comeba.org/?p=1101During the recent Annual General Meeting of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) held in Bangkok (Thailand), which was attended by all the COMEBA Board members, the following two important issues were debated and voted:

Change in the Scoring System; and

Change in the Service Height.

The proposed Change in the Scoring System envisaged the replacement of the current format of the Best of Three Sets of 21 points each with the Best of Five Sets of 11 points each. In accordance with the BWF Statute, a two-thirds majority was required for such change to be implemented.

Since this majority was not obtained, this proposal was withdrawn and the Scoring System will therefore remain unchanged.

The proposed Change in the Service Height envisaged the replacement of the current requirement that the shuttle is hit below the server’s waist to the shuttle being hit below the height of 1.15 metres from the surface of the court. Once again, in accordance with the BWF Statute, a two-thirds majority was required for the implementation of the proposed change.

In this case, the required two-thirds majority was actually obtained; therefore, this proposal was approved.

However, the change will not be implemented immediately. The BWF was given a mandate to continue testing this service height and to identify proper electronic technology that would enable Service Judges and Umpires to measure the service height correctly.

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http://www.comeba.org/comeba-agm/#respondMon, 21 May 2018 09:59:07 +0000http://www.comeba.org/?p=1095The 2018 General Assembly (GA) of COMEBA was held on the 20th May 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.

This date was specifically chosen so that the GA would coincide with the Annual General Meeting of the Badminton World Federation, held on the preceding day.

The event was attended by eleven countries; some other members had to unavoidably leave Bangkok on the date of the GA due to their specific flight arrangements. Nevertheless, they equally pledged their full support to any decisions taken during the meeting.

The attendees engaged in a healthy and heartfelt discussion about many issues, the main one of which was the updated COMEBA Statute.

It was also resolved to prepare a strategic and budget plan for the Confederation covering the next four years. This will be one of the tasks facing the Board of Directors during its next meeting, which is scheduled in Spain on the 25th June 2018, while the Mediterranean Games are in progress.